Glass-washing apparatus.



C. W. .TAYCOX. GLASS WASHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1909.

Patented Dec.7,1909.

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APPLIoATloN rxLnn JAN. s. 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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CHARLES W. JAYCOX, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLASS-WASHING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 5, 1909. Serial No. 470,747. i'

To all 'whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that T, CHARLES W. JAYooX,

i a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Glass-Washing Apparatus, of which the following is a specication.

Myinvention relates to an improved glass washing apparatus, which is designed for passing the glasses through baths of suitably prepared water, and to subject the same to the action of external and internal brushes to thoroughly scrub them, and render them perfectly clean when-removed from the apparat-us. v

A further lobject` is to provide an endless conveyer carrying a series of brushes, adapted to receive, upon any and all of them, the ordinary drinking glasses, and convey the latter through a series of tanks containing respectively, soap and hot water, sterilizing water, hot water, and cold water, and provide means for holding the glasses and revolving the brushes therein, and provide a brush for scrubbing the glasses externally in their transit through the first tank.

, AI further object is to provide improved means for holding the glasses on the brushes, and improved means for holding the-.glasses against movement, or ratherA tending to turn them in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the internal brushes.

A further object is to provide an endless conveyer or carrier having glass receiving Y brushes thereon, and 'provide improved mountingfor the carrier, to enable the latter to be adjusted to take up slack.

,With these'and otherobjects in view, the

invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations, and arrangements of parts as will be more fully lhereinafter' described and pointed out in the.. .claims j 45 Tnt-he accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a view in section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2, is a view insection on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a fragmentary View in elevation looking at the rear ofthe apparatus. Fig. 4, isa detail perspective view of a glass receiving .brush and its operating pinion, .and Fig. 5,` isfa detail view illustrating the manner of supporting the @ma 1, 2, 3 and 4 represent tanks, or compartments, which are preferably formed 1n a single receptacle by means of vertical partitions 5. The tank 1 is preferably@ adapted to contain soap and hot Water, tank 2 sterilizing water, tank 8 hot Water, and tank 4 cold Water, so as to subject the glasses to these several waters to thoroughly cleanse them.`

6 and 7 represent endless sprocket chains connected at regular intervals throughout, by means of shafts 8, the latterv projecting out beyond chains 7, and carrying brushes 9 of the general shape of a truncated cone, and gear wheels or pinions 10 are secured on the shafts 8 between the chains 6 and 7,

-to revolve the brushes 9, as will hereinafter ,Patented Dee. a, Taos.'

secured upon shafts 14 just above the vertical partltions 5, and also mounted to move across a track 15 at the upper' portion of the arched frame 16, the latter being .secured -to the tanks or receptacle in any approved man-d ner. This track 15 is provided with slotted lugs 17, and lugs 18, on the frame 16,- are adapted to receive set screws' 19 located 1n the slots of the lugs 17 and lock the trackv against vertical'movement, but permit of its adjustment vertically to take up slack in "the chains. This track is in eiect, a track on which the pinions 10 roll, and hence when moved upward, the tension of the chains Will be tightened throughout.

THe chains, `in the tanks 1, 2, 3 and 4, pass around toothed racks 20,.,with which the pinions 10 mesh, so as to revolve the pinions, and the brushes 9 carried thereby, inside of the glasses, the latter being held against rotary motion or revolved in a direction, reverse to "that of the brush, by means of friction blocks 21, located in allot the tanks. These friction blocks 21 are pivvotally secured at one end as shown lat 22, and springs 22a bear against the other ends of said blocks, so as to hold them in frictional engagement with the glasses, as the latter are moved along by the conveyer.

Tn the tank `1 a large rotary brush 23 is secured upon the shaft '24 extending outside of the tank, and driven by a pulley 25T This brush is of a size, so as to contact with the .glasses throughout a considerable portion of their. travel through tank '1,' and thoroughly scrub and cleanse the outsidev of the glasses.

The glasses are held against lateral displacement on` the brushes 9 by means of a guard strip 26. This guard strip extends throughout'the path of movement of the conveyers, and is referably ofy angle iron form, so as to proJect over the end of the glasses and hold them against movement off of the brushes. This guard 26 is broken at y points A and B, so as to allow the glasses to Vtially on the brush, as shown in Fig. 2, the

cam action of the bent out guard 27 will force the glass entirely onto the' brush.

While I have stated that the guard 26 extends throughout the entire path of the conveyer, this is not exactly true', as the guard will be preferably broken adjacent to the sprocket wheels 11, and at the points A and'B, but at all other In' operation, the dirty1 glasses are placed upon the brushes 9, as t the point A, and are carried down into tank 1, where they are subjected to the 'action of soap and water. The 'brushes 9 willberevolved by their pinions 10 when the latter come into engagement with the racks 20,

and the glasses will beheld or turned in a' reversedirectionby vthefriction blocks 21, while the outside of the glasses will be thoroughly scrubbed by the largerotary brush 23. The glasses are next conveyed into tank 2, which preferably contains-sterilizing water of any kind, into which the glasses are thoroughly immersed, and thence into tank 3 containing hot water, and then into tank 4 containing" cold water, so that when' the glasses pass to the point B, they are thoroughly cleansed and ready for drying. As above explained, the glasses may be con- A veyed throughout the entire length of the conveyer, back to the point A and removed atthis point.Y 1

Pulleys 28 are provided on the shafts 14, and a pulley 25 on shaft 24 driven by a band or belt 29 in any desired manner.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from p my invention, and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty. to make lsuch changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

` rotary brushes carried a guide frame,

points the guard will be provided-so as to revent the glasses from accidentally falling romthe brushes 9.

e latter move past ling said chains and I-Iaving thus described my invention whatl I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is:

1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a tank adapted to contain cleansing (fluid, of a uide frame, a conveyer supported on said ame and constructed to pass through said tank, by said conveyer and adapted to support dglasses thereon, and means for turning sai brushes.

2. In an apparatus of the character described,'the combination with a tank adapted to contain cleansing fluid, of a u1de frame, a conveyer supported on said rame and constructed to pass through said tank, rotary brushes on said conveyer and adapted toreceive glasses thereon, means for turning said brushes, and means for cleaning the outside of the glasses.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with-a series of tanks adapted to contain cleansing fluids, of a conveyer supported on said frame and constructed to pass through said tanks, brushes carried by said conveyer and adapted to receive glasses thereon, means for holding the glasses on the brushes, and means for revolvingthe brushesinthe tanks.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a series of tanks. adapted to containcleansing 'iuids,.of a guide vframe, a conveyer supported on said frame and constructed to pass through said tanks, brushes carried by said conveyer and adapted to receive glasses thereon means for holding the glasses lon the brushes, means for revolvlng the brushes in the tanks, and means in the tanks for holding the glasses whilethe brushes turn.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, the-,combination with a series of tanks ada ted to contain cleansing fluids, of a ide ame, a conveyer supported on sai frame and constructed to pass through lsaid tanks, brushes carried b said conveyer v and adapted to receive g asses thereon,

means for holdin the glasses on the brushes, means for rvevoving the brushes in the tanks, means in the 'tanks for holding the glasses while the brushes turn, and a rotary brushv in one of said tanks engaging the outside of the glasses.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a series o tanks, of a guide frame, two arallel endless chains suplported on said) frame Sand movable throug said tanks, shafts rconnectprojecting beyond the same, glass-receiving rushes on said shafts, pinions on said shafts between the chains, and xed racks in the\ several tanks in the path of said pinions whereb the pinions are revolved to revolve the brus es.

scribed, the combination with a series of tanks, of a guide frame, two parallel endless chains supported on said -frame and movable through said tanks, shafts connecting said chains and projecting beyond the same, lass-receiving brushes on said shafts, pinions on said shafts between the chains, lixed racks in the several tanks in the path of said pinions whereby the pinions are revolved to revolve the brushes, and friction blocks in said tanks adapted to engage the outside of the glasses. v

8. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a series of tanks, of a guide frame, two parallel endless chains supported on the frame and movable through said tanks, shafts connecting said chains and pro`ecting beyond the same, glass-receiving brus-es on said shafts, inions on said shafts between the chains, racks in the several tanks in the path of said pinions whereby the revolve the brushes,

pinions are revolved to v friction blocks in said l tanks adapted to engage the outside of the glasses, and a rotary brush in one of said tanks engaging the outside of the glasses.

9. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a series of tanks, sprocket wheels supported above the tanks, sprocket chains movable on said sprocket wheelsand through the tanks, a`

frame supported on said tanks, a track supporting the upper portion of said chains, lugs on said frame slotted lugs on said track, means for loc 'ng said lugs together to permit vertical adjust-ment of the track to take up slack in the chains, and rotary glassreceiving brushes carried by said chains.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. JAYCOX. 

